Abstract

WYNVELDT, Federico; IUCCI, María Emilia  and  FLORES, Marina Cecilia. INTERREGIONAL RELATIONS IN THE LATE LANDSCAPE NETWORK OF THE HUALFÍN VALLEY (BELÉN, CATAMARCA). Comechingonia [online]. 2020, vol.24, n.3, pp.50-59. ISSN 1851-0027.

The main aim of this paper is to present and analyze the archaeological information from the late local sites of the Hualfín Valley (Belén, Catamarca) that would imply interregional relations. With this purpose, the background of the research in the valley and in neighboring regions is exposed, and the information of the investigations of the last years developed within the framework of the idea of ​​landscape as a network of relations is incorporated. From the analysis of the foreign elements -mainly obsidian and non-local style ceramics, etc.- two networks of relationships between elements and sites are made using a network analysis software and GIS: one focused in late local sites and the other with inka sites and elements. This allows to represent and visualize the relationships between elements, evaluate the degree of centrality of each of them in the network and estimate the distances and paths between the interrelated places. For late pre-inkatimes, the results lead to infer strong links with the Southern Puna and a great influence of the Santa Maríasphere in the valley. The “Inka” network, on the other hand, would be dominated by the centrality of El Shincalde Quimiviland the QhapaqÑan, although the regions involved,with the exception of Cusco, would be the same.

Keywords : Regional Developments Period; network analysis; GIS; obsidian; Santa María pottery.